Social Catfish opt-out
socialcatfish.com How to remove yourself from Social Catfish
Social Catfish says opting out is free and needs no account. Find your listing, copy its URL and submit it at socialcatfish.com/opt-out, then confirm through the email it sends. The opt-out page says your information is off the site within 15 days, and it honors requests from residents of every US state.
- Deletion requests
- Reported to California for 2024: complied in full with 54% of 3,330 deletion requests, median 7 days. Self-reported by Social Catfish
- Serus data
- On average, Serus sends about 184 removal requests per person, 89% of them to data brokers, so expect Social Catfish to be one of many.
- Opt-out page
- socialcatfish.com
- Method
- Online form
- What you need
- Email address, Listing URL
- Time to remove
- Within 15 days (stated on its opt-out page)
- Cost
- Free
- Phone
- (844) 422-8347
- Mailing address
- 38770 sky canyon dr, ste a, MURRIETA, CA, 92563, United States
- Opt-out requests (2024)
- Complied with 77% of 15,808, median 8 days
- Last updated
Phone, address, request figures and data practices: as Social Catfish reported them to the California data broker registry for 2024.
Reviewed by Anthon Wansland
Head of Product & Co-Founder
Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This guide shows the free way to do it yourself.
How to opt out of Social Catfish
- 1
Find your listing
Search your name on socialcatfish.com, find your listing in the results and copy its link.
- 2
Open the opt-out form
Go to socialcatfish.com/opt-out and paste the URL.
- 3
Complete the form
Fill in the fields and submit. Social Catfish says you don't need to sign up or pay.
- 4
Confirm by email
Social Catfish sends a confirmation email. Open the link in it to finish the request.
Watch out for
- Cancelling a paid subscription doesn't remove your data, and you don't need a subscription to opt out. They're separate processes.
- Removing your listing doesn't touch public records or other sites that hold the same details.
- Social Catfish also sells a paid privacy product (Privacy Lock). The free opt-out above is what removes your own listing.
Sources checked: socialcatfish.com, cppa.ca.gov
Last verified against the official page:
What Social Catfish holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Current address
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
- Relatives
- Employment and education
- Social media profiles
- Court and criminal records
What Social Catfish is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
Social Catfish doesn't say whether listings return. Search your name on the site every few months and repeat the request if a new one appears.
Your rights
Social Catfish is on the California data broker registry, where it reports a median of 7 days (mean 6) to respond to deletion requests in 2024.
California: CCPA. If you live in California, the CCPA lets you ask a business to delete the personal information it holds about you and to stop selling or sharing it. Businesses generally have 45 days to respond. Read the full guide.
California: the Delete Act. Data brokers that hold information on Californians must register with the state. California residents can use DROP, the state's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, to send one deletion request to every registered broker at once. Read the full guide.
Other US states. Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and a growing list of other states give residents a similar right to delete. Vermont, Texas and Oregon also make data brokers register with the state. Where no state law applies, the broker's own opt-out above still works for most people. Read the full guide.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
Is it free to opt out of Social Catfish?
Yes. Social Catfish says you don't need to sign up or pay to have your information removed.
Does cancelling my subscription remove my data?
No. Social Catfish says cancelling a subscription and opting out are separate, and cancelling doesn't remove your data.
How long does it take?
Social Catfish doesn't state a time on its privacy pages. Its California registry entry reports a median of 7 days to respond to deletion requests in 2024.
Does the opt-out cover other sites?
No. It only covers your listing on Social Catfish.
Related guide How to delete yourself and your information from the internet 
Something changed? If these steps no longer match the Social Catfish opt-out, tell us and we'll re-check it.
What changed
- Social Catfish's opt-out page promises removal within 15 days; the removal time now says so instead of a median figure.
